Cat update
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anefSo a few weeks ago Michael and I went round to the lady who fosters cats for the CPL and looked at her kittens. She had a litter of three grey tabbies and one black, two boys and two girls. They ate chicken enthusiastically and played energetically. I thought I could probably take a couple of them, but there wasn't really the "wow" factor and I still had a bit of a hankering for a ginger kitten. So when she offered to let us look at her feral kittens I said "yes please!"
She had them downstairs in a couple of rooms that are her office and conservatory. There are three of them, a brother and sister (currently called Jessie and Ruffles) and their best friend Freddie. Jessie is a little black and white cat, and Ruffles is a monster. He's a huge tabby cat with spotty wildcat markings, amber eyes and an enormous fluffy tail. He's twice the size of his sister. They're both quite shy and although they will play happily and also eat chicken they tend to run away if I try to stroke them. This is made up for by Freddie who is a normal sized tabby boy (although he has ominously large feet), with dark, quite thick stripes, and the sweetest little round face. He seems to be completely unaware that he is a feral cat and is very friendly and purry, very happy to be stroked and will even rub noses.
So when we set out that afternoon we had the following ideas about cats. We wanted two of them so they could amuse each other while we were away. They needed to be short haired as Michael is asthmatic. And I wanted a ginger one. Instead I seemed to have fallen in love with three, one of them (Ruffles) large and fluffy, and none of them ginger. Ho, hum.
After we left we had a debate about whether we could cope with three cats. Three kittens is awfully sweet, but three cats are a lot of cats. We had a lot of discussions with friends and thought very sensibly about it. We could have said that we would take two of them, but it seemed hard to leave one behind as they all got on so well. And Michael said very sweetly that I should go with what I wanted. So with much trepidation we are taking all three.
We are away quite a lot in November so they are not arriving until the 25th, by when they will be all vaccinated, microchipped and neutered. I am going round to see them as often as I can, at least once a week, and plying them with chicken in the hope that they will remember this when I get them home. They will be about six months old when they arrive.
So I'm looking forward to having them, although with a bit of trepidation as it's actually a very long time since I've lived with kittens, even though these are more like adolescent cats. I'm sure it will be a learning experience for all of us.
She had them downstairs in a couple of rooms that are her office and conservatory. There are three of them, a brother and sister (currently called Jessie and Ruffles) and their best friend Freddie. Jessie is a little black and white cat, and Ruffles is a monster. He's a huge tabby cat with spotty wildcat markings, amber eyes and an enormous fluffy tail. He's twice the size of his sister. They're both quite shy and although they will play happily and also eat chicken they tend to run away if I try to stroke them. This is made up for by Freddie who is a normal sized tabby boy (although he has ominously large feet), with dark, quite thick stripes, and the sweetest little round face. He seems to be completely unaware that he is a feral cat and is very friendly and purry, very happy to be stroked and will even rub noses.
So when we set out that afternoon we had the following ideas about cats. We wanted two of them so they could amuse each other while we were away. They needed to be short haired as Michael is asthmatic. And I wanted a ginger one. Instead I seemed to have fallen in love with three, one of them (Ruffles) large and fluffy, and none of them ginger. Ho, hum.
After we left we had a debate about whether we could cope with three cats. Three kittens is awfully sweet, but three cats are a lot of cats. We had a lot of discussions with friends and thought very sensibly about it. We could have said that we would take two of them, but it seemed hard to leave one behind as they all got on so well. And Michael said very sweetly that I should go with what I wanted. So with much trepidation we are taking all three.
We are away quite a lot in November so they are not arriving until the 25th, by when they will be all vaccinated, microchipped and neutered. I am going round to see them as often as I can, at least once a week, and plying them with chicken in the hope that they will remember this when I get them home. They will be about six months old when they arrive.
So I'm looking forward to having them, although with a bit of trepidation as it's actually a very long time since I've lived with kittens, even though these are more like adolescent cats. I'm sure it will be a learning experience for all of us.
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Date: 2009-11-06 07:14 pm (UTC)